Modelling of carbon-carbon composite ablation in rocket nozzles

Composites Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1303-1311

  Vignoles, G L ^a   Aspa, Y ^a,b,c   Quintard, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

A. Ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) C C composites; B. Environmental Degradation Ablation; C. Multiscale modelling

Indexed keywords

BULK TRANSPORT; C. MULTISCALE MODELLING; C/C COMPOSITES; CARBON/CARBON; COMPLEX MATERIALS; CONSTITUENT PHASIS; DIRECT SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MATERIAL BEHAVIOUR; MULTI-SCALE MODELLING; NUMERICAL SOLVERS; RECESSION RATE; SIMPLE MODEL;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKET NOZZLES; ROCKETS;

ABLATION;

CARBON FIBER; CERAMIC MATRIX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NOZZLE;

EID: 77953695332     PISSN: 02663538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compscitech.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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